Ralf T. Voegele is the Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Deputy Managing Director of the Institute of Phytomedicine, and Chair of Phytopathology. He studied biology at the University of Konstance. He obtained a doctorate in the field of biology in 1993. Post-doctoral studies at the University of Guelph and McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, followed. After his return to the University of Konstance, he habilitated at the Faculty of Biology and was awarded the venia legend for Phytopathology and Microbiology. In 2010, Voegele received a call to the professorship in phytopathology at the University of Hohenheim. In 2015, he was elected Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences. His research interests include molecular biology, mycology, microbiology, pathogens, fungal biology, fungi, plant pathology, phytopathology, fungal infection, and remote sensing.